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Amherst Central High School senior Casey McGuire was the
recipient of the Angela Y. Coniglio Memorial
Scholarship at Amherst’s Awards Assembly on May
27, 2010. Casey was a three sport athlete throughout her
stay at Amherst, excelling in Women’s Varsity
Basketball, Women’s Varsity Lacrosse, and as a
goalkeeper in Women’s Varsity Soccer. Casey received
other awards, including the Amherst Education
Association Scholarship for leadership and promise
in the field of Education, and she was chosen as the
outstanding senior female athlete for the Amherst
Avenue of Athletes. Casey was graduated with a
3.6 grade point average. All in all, her
accomplishments and awards
reflect the ideals for which Angela was an advocate.
In 2010, Casey tended goal for Amherst’s Section IV
Class C Lacrosse Champions, and was the Buffalo News’
selection as the ECIC III Lacrosse All-Star
goalie. She was also a second-team selection, News
ECIC III Women’s Basketball All-Star. She
holds the Amherst record in Lacrosse forced turnovers.
See the
Appendix
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After the awards ceremony, I met Casey’s mom, Mrs. Mary
McGuire, who is none other than Mary Jane Sinclair
McGuire, who baby-sat Angela when we were neighbors on
Maynard Drive. Casey will attend St. Bonaventure
University, where she will major in Special Education.
At the end of the 2010 season, Casey was selected to
The Buffalo News All-Western New York Lacrosse Team.
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In the summer of 2010, Western New York school districts
announced that for the first time ever, and decades
after Title IX increased opportunities for
women's sports, six local high schools, including
Amherst Central, would field teams in a women's ice
hockey league. Angela would say "It's about time!"
On the
2010 Fourth of July weekend, Angie and I visited
Cape Cod, where our family has spent so many happy
times. In South Yarmouth, at the Parker's
River bridge, where Angelo and Angela used to go fishing
and crabbing, we dropped some of Angela's ashes. As
Angela would say, "To be with the other crabs." The
breeze took some ashes North, while the outgoing tide
carried the rest South, towards Nantucket Sound and the
Atlantic Ocean. Another voyage for Angela. |
